Overview
- At a Republic Media Network summit on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath restated official figures saying the annual budget rose from about Rs 3 lakh crore in 2017 to roughly Rs 9 lakh crore and that GSDP and per‑capita income have roughly tripled.
- The state said it has attracted about Rs 50 lakh crore in investment proposals, with projects worth more than Rs 15 lakh crore already breaking ground and expected to create millions of jobs.
- Officials credited a push on infrastructure — expressways, expanded metros, rapid rail, inland waterways and airports — plus One District One Product (ODOP) support for reviving traditional industries and boosting exports.
- The government highlighted heavy payments to sugarcane growers (reported as over Rs 3.23 lakh crore since 2017) and expanded welfare and recruitments as evidence of wider social impact for farmers and workers.
- Reporting noted these numbers and security claims were presented as official state assertions at the summit and that some law‑and‑order and social outcome claims remain publicly contested and not independently verified in the coverage.